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§ 444-N — SECTION 444-N Unlicensed activities

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What is NY RPL § 444-N?

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This section allows the secretary to issue orders for restitution or cessation of unlicensed home inspection activities. It mandates that individuals must be notified and given an opportunity for a hearing before any determination is made. Applies to individuals acting as home inspectors without a valid license.

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§ 444-N SECTION 444-N Unlicensed activities

RPL § 444-N

§ 444-n. Unlicensed activities. The secretary may issue an order requiring restitution and/or directing the cessation of any activity for which a license is required by this article upon a determination that a person has engaged in or followed the business or occupation of, or held himself, herself, or itself out as or acted as, temporarily or otherwise, a home inspector within this state without a valid license. The department shall, before making such determination and order, give such person notice as provided in section four hundred forty-four-i of this article and afford such person an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in reference thereto in an adjudicatory proceeding held pursuant to this article.

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